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Dillon Labonte runs a winning effort at Hartford in 2024
Steve McLaughlin

Labonte Speeds To New 8k Mark for Men's Cross Country

SNHU junior runs 11th, team runs 23rd at UMass Dartmouth Race

When and Where: September 21, 2024– (Dartmouth, Mass.) – 51st Annual UMass Dartmouth Invitational
Distance:  Men's race, 8k
Results: Southern New Hampshire University – 23rd of 44 (621)

Junior Dillon Labonte (Lee, N.H.) ran a career-best, finishing in 11th place at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational on Saturday.

SNHU RUNNERS
  • Labonte finished in 25:16.81, his best at 8k, and tied for 18th best in program history.
  • Sophomore Eric Sekyaya (Burlington, Mass.) was second among SNHU runners at 27:13.4.  That was 129th of the 342 runners competing on Saturday.
  • Junior Collins Kibet (Iten, Kenya) – 27:28.59
  • Sophomore Brett Trainor (North Chelmsford, Mass.)  - 27:36.49
  • Sophomore Austin Thorp (Richmond, R.I.)  - 28:39:09 (new personal best)
  • Senior Carter Sylvester (Northwood, N.H.) – 29:05.54.
NOTES 
  • Boston University claimed the men's title with Brown in second place.
UP NEXT
  • The Penmen will race on Saturday, October 5 at Lehigh University's Paul Short Run.
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